Garment



Dec. 1.1, 1934. H, ACQRNBLUM 1,984,011

GARMENT Filed May 22, 1933 Patented Dec. 11, 1934 Fl Unit's T rnsArENToFFicE 1,984,011" GARMENT Harry: A. Cornblum, Cleveland, OhioApplication May 22, 1933, Serial No. 672,101

v 4 Claims. (oi. 2 1os)1 This invention relates as indicated togarments, but has reference more particularly to sport gar-f ments ofthe coat or jacket type, such, for example, as Windbreakers.

' A primary object of the invention is to provide a garment of this typewhich may be worn either in the Cossack style, i. e., with the bottom inunshirred or ungathered condition; or with the bottom shirred orgathered into snug engagement with the waist of the wearer. Anotherobject of the invention is to provide a garment of the type describedwhich has incorporated in the bottom thereof means manipulable oradjustable by the wearer to effect a gathering or shirring of suchbottom so as to provide a snug engagement thereof with the waist of thewearer.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, said invention,then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularlypointed out in the claims.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I refer to the followingdescription and accompanying drawing of a preferred form of theinvention, although, it will be understood that the same inventiveprinciples may be applied in other ways.

In said annexed drawing:

Fig. 1 is a View showing the jacket worn with the bottom in unshirredcondition; Fig. 2 is a view showing the jacket worn with the bottom inshirred condition; Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view through the bottomof the 'jacket as shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a cross sectional Viewthrough the botom of the jacket as shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a,fragmentary perspective view of the inside of the lower rear portion ofthe jacket; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the mannerin which the elastic web shirring members are secured together when thebottom of the jacket is in ungathered condition; and Fig.

4 7 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the manner in which theelastic web shirring members are secured together to effect thegathering of the bottom of the jacket.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, it will be seen that thejacket 1 is provided with a hookless fastener 2 and has formed at thebottom thereof an inturned hem 3, which, except at a cutaway portion 4thereof, is stitched to the body of the jacket so as to form a pocket 5.

Disposed within the pocket 5 are members. 6 and 7 each of which is madeof elastic webbing and has one end thereof secured to the jacketadjacent the hookless fastener 2 as by means of a line of stitches 8. Bysecuring the members 6 and '7 to the jacket in this manner they may,when worn out, be easily replaced.

When in unstretched condition, the members 6 and 7 terminate at thecutaway portion 4 of the hem 3, being secured to each other at thispoint as by means of a snap fastener, the male portion 9 of which issecured to the end of member 6 and the female portion 10 of which issecured to the end of member '7. The member 6 is also provided with themale portion 12 of a snap fastener, which is spaced from the fastenerportion 9 and the member '7 is also provided with the female portion 11of a snap fastener which is spaced from the fastener portion 10 the samedistance as the fastener portion 12 is spaced from the fastener portion9.

When the jacket is to be worn in the so-called Cossack style, 1. e.,with the bottom in unshirred condition, the male portion 9 of the snapfastener is secured to the female portion 10 thereof, and when thussecured to each other, the members 6 and 7 are in unstretched condition.When it is desired to draw the bottom of the jacket into snug engagementwith the waist of the wearer, the elastic members 6 and 7 are stretchedsufliciently to permit the fastener portion 10 to be secured to thefastener portion 12 and fastener portion 11 to fastener portion 9,access to the members for this purpose being readily had by pulling theends thereof through the opening 4 in the hem. This has the eifect ofshirring the bottom of the jacket as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4.

By providing for the relief of the strain in members 6 and 7 when thejacket is not worn or when worn with the bottom in unshirred condition,the life of these members is materially increased. By securing thesemembers to the jacket in the manner hereinbefore described, instead ofincorporating an elastic band as an integral part of the jacket bottomas is customary in jackets of this type, they may, when worn out, beeasily replaced at a very low cost. The cost moreover, is considerablyless than that of a knitted bottom, which is provided in some jackets ofthis character.

Although the invention has been described particularly with referencetosport jackets and the like, it will be readily understood that it maybe used in connection with various other types of garments.

Other forms may be employed embodying the features of my inventioninstead of the one here explained, change being made in the form orconstruction, provided the elements stated by any of the followingclaims or the equivalent of such stated elements be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention:

1. In a garment of the character described having a hem formed at thebottom thereof, elastic members disposed within said hem and removablysecured to the garment, and means whereby said members may be secured toeach other in stretched or unstretched condition, so as to effect atwill a shirred or unshirred condition of said bottom, fastener elementsarranged in pairs on each of said elasticv members, with one of saidelements in each pair located at the extreme ends of said elasticmembers.

2. In a garment of the character described having a hem formed adjacentthe bottom thereof, a pair of elastic web members disposed within saidhem and having one end thereof secured to said garment and provided attheir other ends with a plurality of fastener elements whereby saidmembers may be secured together in a plurality of overlapping relations,each of said other ends of said elastic members having one of saidfastener elements located at its extreme end.

3. In a garment of the character described, a pair of elastic webmembers disposed in a hem adjacent the waistline of said garment andeach secured at one of its ends to said garment adsaid means comprisingjacent the front portion thereof, and means for fastening the other endsof said web members together so as to permit the garment to beselectively worn with the waist portion in shirred or unshirredcondition, said means comprising a pair of spaced fastener elementssecured to one of the web members and a pair of similarly arrangedfastener elements secured to the other of said web members and adaptedto cooperate with said first-named fastener elements, one fastenerelement of each pair being disposed at the ends of said web members.

4. In a garment of the character described, a pair of elastic webmembers disposed in a hem adjacent the waistline of said garment andeach secured at one of its ends to said garment adjacent the frontthereof, and means for fastening the other ends of said web memberstogether in a pair of overlapping relations, in one of which the waistportion of the garment is shirred and in the other of which the waistportion of the garment is left unshirred, said means comprising a pairof spaced apart snap fastener elements secured to one of the web membersadjacent its end with one of said snap fasteners located at the extremeend of said web and a pair of similarly arranged snap fastener elementssecured to the other web member adjacent its end, said last-namedfastener elements being complementary to said first-named elements.

HARRY A. CORNBLUM.

